Garden Groom

I am very happy with the garden groom however I can't find any place to get replacement parts so I can no longer use it.

It only works on densely packed hedges because you have to press it on fairly hard to get it to work.

Takes time to set up.

Like the look of concept but it does NOT work as advertised. Very small clippings still all over my path and lawn, extremely heavy and tiring on arms and back. Also took me three to four times as long to do hedge.

I repeat the title DO NOT BUY THE GARDEN GROOM MIDI it is useless and cheaply made!

DO NOT BUY THIS. The machine is a good concept and worked very well . BUT!!!. I hit a large twig and broke the impellor, which is plastic. I was told by the only spares supplier in the World, or so it seemed on the internet, that the manufacturer does not provide this spare part. The machine is now scrap and would have to buy a new one. I could not contact the manufacturer to lodge a complaint.

Had an original groom for several years now, has always performed well and neighbours have always commented on the speed and neatness. Not uncommon to be asked if I use a spirit level to cut my hedge as it is so evenly flat. If you use regularly it will keep things neat, but don't let the hedge overgrow as it makes it harder work.

Only drawback was it got heavier as you used it as it collects the clippings on board.

But....the collection box is made of a degradable plastic which with time has now gone brittle and bits keep falling off it, duct tape worked for a while but it now needs replacing, there appears to be no spares market other than buying faulty units off Ebay in the Uk. Looks like I will be back to the petrol trimmer. Shame, it was good until now.

Overall it is heavy, clumsy, restricts your movement, and with the collecting bag and cable, you have to lay everything out several times. It took me 4 times longer to cut my hedges and i was knackered. Used it once then got rid of it. 3.8kg is far too heavy! Redesign i think with far lighter materials, i had the 500 watt model

I used the garden groom 500w today. Found that it gave a really good,clean cut. I didn"t use the collection bag as our hedge is"nt massive. I found that most of the bits were collected but still did spit out bits which on the pavement side of the hedge I still had to sweep up,this didn"t take long as there was only little bits left. Overall it"s a lot better than normal electric trimmers and I would recommend to anyone.

I have had the garden groom mini for 3 to 4 years now. I like the trimmer and it does a good job of trimming & mulching. I caught a branch that was to large and it bent the blade and tore the plastic part of the blade. If anyone is willing to sell there broken trimmer at a reasonable price I would be interested. Contact me [email protected]

I was excited to finally get the garden groom. I was impressed with how easy to use it looked on TV. Well, I used it on 1 bush and it broke already! Very disappointed. I went to their website they recommend in the owners manual for trouble shooting. The site is no longer in use. I guess they have had too many complaints?

I will never buy anything from an infomercial again! I am out $125.00, and a bush that is only half trimmed!!

I hate to pick up hedge clippings. The Garden Groom has made the job so much easier. Thankfully I have had zero problems for the last 4 years! I don't think I could ever go back to regular hedge clippers